May 24, 2016

Guthrie set
or tied seven school records at Florida State and scored a total of 156 points.
He was chosen by the Buffalo Bills in the sixth round of the 1970 NFL draft and
was successful on 10 of 19 field goal attempts, including one from 52 yards that
was a club record at the time, and 24 of 25 PATs as a rookie. But after connecting
on just three of ten field goal tries in ’71, Guthrie failed to last beyond six
games. He unsuccessfully attempted to catch on with the Jets in 1972 and joined
the Sharks of the new WFL in ’74. When the franchise folded after 14 games, he
moved on to Birmingham.

1974 Season Summary

Appeared in 14
games with Jacksonville, NA with Birmingham

[Bracketed
numbers indicate league rank in Top 20]

Kicking

Field goals –
18 [1] (Sharks: 16, Americans: 2)

Most field
goals, game – 4 vs. Southern California 7/24

Field goal
attempts – NA (Sharks: 21, Americans: NA)

Field goal
percentage – NA (Sharks: 76.2, Americans: NA)

Longest field
goal – 51 yards vs. Birmingham 8/21

Scoring

Field Goals –
18

Points – 54 (Sharks:
48, Americans: 6)

Postseason: 2
G

Field goals –
0

Field goal
attempts – 0

Awards & Honors:

1st
team All-WFL: League, Sporting News

Sharks went 4-10,
failing to last the season, to finish fourth in the WFL Eastern Division.

Americans
went 15-5 to finish second in the WFL Central Division and qualified for the
postseason. Won Second Round playoff over The Hawaiians (22-19) & WFL
Championship, aka World Bowl, over Florida Blazers (22-21).

Aftermath:

Guthrie was
signed by the Los Angeles Rams in 1975 but didn’t make it to the regular season.
In his stints in the NFL and WFL, he kicked a total of 31 field goals and 34
extra points (all with the Bills as the WFL’s equivalent, the action point,
could not be kicked) for a total of 125 points. Guthrie was inducted into the
Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 1987.

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first-team All-League* selections or league* or conference** leaders in the
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